Nino Espinosa vs. Akinori Otsuka — Career Comparison

Nino Espinosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Akinori Otsuka
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nino Espinosa built a career as a starting pitcher and Akinori Otsuka as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Akinori Otsuka led in home run suppression (HR9+ 201 vs 88), run prevention (ERA+ 186 vs 98), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 146 vs 93). Role difference aside, Akinori Otsuka holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Nino Espinosa and Akinori Otsuka

Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.54
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9.16
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.38
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.48
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.5
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.6
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.58
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.43
46.43
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.26
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.51
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
4.17
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.44
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2461
27
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
696
27
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
820.1
9
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
9
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
865
9.49
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
7.37
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.37
7.37
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.93
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.47
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
2.76
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
3.1
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.58
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
3.71
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
8.42
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.719
0.719
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.15
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3476
38.14
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
951
36.89
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.72
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
4.54
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.75
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.38
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.26
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.75
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.89
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.362
1.362
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3151
34.57
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
856
33.21
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Nino Espinosa and Akinori Otsuka

Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.54
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9.16
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.38
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2461
27
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
696
27
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
820.1
9
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
9
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.56
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.66
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.42
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.16
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
2.02
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
2.02
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.97
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.82
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.38
90.38
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.199
0.199
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nino Espinosa and Akinori Otsuka

Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PA
144
295.89
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
70800
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
292
600
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
258
530.14
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
90.41
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
76.03
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.38
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.38
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.93
18.34
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
104.79
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
108.9
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
30.82
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
39.04
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
69.86
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.35
13.04
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.49
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
160.27
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.74
3.74
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.37
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.27
Akinori Otsuka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nino Espinosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Akinori Otsuka
Career
Per 600 PA